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Visible minorities were elected in numbers that reflect immigration and citizenship trends, but this was less so for women ...
Five urgent steps for Canada to de-fend its sovereignty and rebuild global influence in an era of authoritarianism and ...
Income and wealth inequality is a persistent and growing challenge in Canada. This is occurring at a time when the cost of living has risen sharply and the lowest-income households find themselves ...
For years, activist Richard Sharpe warned every top bureaucrat he met that Black public service workers would take the federal government to court if it failed to address anti-Black racism in their ...
The emerging breadth and depth of Russian disinformation tactics represent a clear and present danger to Canadian sovereignty and freedom. Just as troubling, some Canadians consider Canada immune to ...
Police-reported hate crimes keep rising in Canada, no matter which party is governing, and no matter what initiatives have been used to combat the problem. Hate crimes rose 39 per cent between 2008-15 ...
In New Brunswick, a Wolastoqey title claim is underpinned by a simple truth: the Wolastoqey Nation of New Brunswick was unfairly dispossessed from its traditional territory by Euro-Canadian settlement ...
OTTAWA – Canada’s ballooning public service has been bracing for spending and job cuts, and now unions are sounding the alarm that they are coming. With the federal deficit larger than anticipated, ...
Treasury Board is analyzing the biggest pain points in the federal pay system in preparation for an unprecedented round of negotiations with unions. The goal is to simplify the myriad of rules and ...
OTTAWA – Brian Mulroney was elected prime minister promising to give public servants “pink slips and running shoes.” He didn’t follow through on that, but his reforms laid the groundwork for the ...
The recent Policy Options article by Professor Patrice Dutil (Dec. 6, 2021) does a competent job of pointing out the importance of remaining vigilant when it comes to our reading of history. Dutil ...
Canada is the world’s largest user of electricity on a per-capita basis. Much of this is due to resource processing and the use of electric resistance heating in jurisdictions with low electricity ...